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whether she was a 23-year-old from ming china or a 26-year-old in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle drinking shots with other preadult weekend. they were married and they had children and they had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now let's look at the numbers. notice that in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little less than 21. today, it's 26 and 28 but that's a little bit misleading, actually, because the numbers for college-educated and those -- even those with some graduate school education are much considerably higher. for women with a b.a. the average age is about 27. for women with a master's or professionals degree -- professional degree it's about 30. now, this means we have a historically high percentage of single people in their 20s and early 30s. this gives you a little bit of an idea. now, unlike almost any other decade we're looking at here, the majority of 25 years old are
whether she was a 23-year-old from ming china or a 26-year-old in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle drinking shots with other preadult weekend. they were married and they had children and they had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now let's look at the numbers. notice that in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little...
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america become china. but instead each culture has to represent, has to respect each other's cultures, each others' beliefs, each other's traditions. and work together to make sure that their story indeed has a happy ending. and in this i hope truly happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] please. yes, maam. >> do you speak chinese and read chinese? where the journals in english or chinese? >> well, you know that they tell you a funny little story. when we started working on this book, we learned that there were journals and here we are, sitting in a coffee shop in new york city and i say to matt, you know just our luck here we are stumbling on this great story and these kids left behind all of these journals and all these journals are probably buried in some basement in shanghai and they are probably all in chinese and we will never be able to figure them out or find them. we start doing what people do nowadays which is of course googling for thi
america become china. but instead each culture has to represent, has to respect each other's cultures, each others' beliefs, each other's traditions. and work together to make sure that their story indeed has a happy ending. and in this i hope truly happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] please. yes, maam. >> do you speak chinese and read chinese? where the journals in english or chinese? >> well, you know that they tell...
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it was common for all of america's older cities. one of the themes for the book is that the american dream doesn't have to lie behind a white picket fence in the suburb, and that cities have been as intrinsic for american history and our experiences in the nation as any place else. the very birth of america has roots in boston in the 1730s between john hancock who wanted the political change to be created by a mob and sam adams who like many proveighers of liquor could conjure a mob. [laughter] it changed america and helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century, the great problem was making the wealth of the american exterior accessible to the markets of the east and europe. cities made that happen. they were a great transportation network that engaged the rich dark soil of iowa to be productive. it cost as much to move goods 32 miles over land as it did to ship them across the atlantic. it was difficult to access all the wealth in the american lands. cities grew up in modes of great transportation network, the chic
it was common for all of america's older cities. one of the themes for the book is that the american dream doesn't have to lie behind a white picket fence in the suburb, and that cities have been as intrinsic for american history and our experiences in the nation as any place else. the very birth of america has roots in boston in the 1730s between john hancock who wanted the political change to be created by a mob and sam adams who like many proveighers of liquor could conjure a mob. [laughter]...
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[applause] >> president obama it issued a proclamation this is all across america of. [applause] okay. president obama. we are grateful that he did that and please welcome our special readers. let's hear it. [inaudible] we are also excited about reading. and we read all the time. he reads so much he knows about everything. you have to read. we will start off by reading something fun. secretary dunkin and i were big dr. seuss fans. do want to talk about your reading? [laughter] >> we both have two children at home a little bit older than most of view but if we had a net goal for every dr. seuss book that we have read. they are great books and the more that your read at home for fun and leave the video games a lantern of the tv tv, if you become lifelong readers you can do anything you want to do. one quick story. my parents were crazy. guess 70 tv's we had in my house? eight? o. i had to sneak over to my friend's house to watch tv instead my parents read to us every night. we did not understand that but it installed stations still the love of reading, whenever it might
[applause] >> president obama it issued a proclamation this is all across america of. [applause] okay. president obama. we are grateful that he did that and please welcome our special readers. let's hear it. [inaudible] we are also excited about reading. and we read all the time. he reads so much he knows about everything. you have to read. we will start off by reading something fun. secretary dunkin and i were big dr. seuss fans. do want to talk about your reading? [laughter] >> we...
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. >> president obama issued a proclamation that this is week across america day. [applause] >> all right, president obama. [cheers and applause] >> and so we are grateful that he did that and we're especially grateful that mrs. obama and secretary are here. so please welcome our special readers. [cheers and applause] >> all right, it sounds like you're pretty excited. what are you excited about? >> reading. >> thank you. we're also excited about reading, right? [cheers and applause] >> in our house we read all the time. the president is a reader. he reads so much he knows facts about everything. said you guys want to be facts people? >> yes. >> you guys have to read in order to do that. we will start out by reading something fun. secretary duncan and i are big dr. seuss fans. do you want to talk about your reading exploit? >> we both have two children at home who are older than most of you guys, that if we had a nickel for every dr. seuss book we read we would be rich. these are great books. before you guys read for fun at home, turn those tvs off that night, leav
. >> president obama issued a proclamation that this is week across america day. [applause] >> all right, president obama. [cheers and applause] >> and so we are grateful that he did that and we're especially grateful that mrs. obama and secretary are here. so please welcome our special readers. [cheers and applause] >> all right, it sounds like you're pretty excited. what are you excited about? >> reading. >> thank you. we're also excited about reading,...